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Kaeti Hinck/The Mirror
If Initiated Measure 2 goes into effect, smokers will be paying up for their nicotine fix.
Smokers face higher taxes
By Sara Eiesland
Mirror Guest Writer
For some Augustana students, a proposed tax
increase on tobacco products is an issue of particu-lar
importance on the ballot this November.
According to Initiated Measure 2, the taxation
on a 20-stick cigarette package will increase by
$1.00; the tax on a 25-pack will increase by $1.25.
The tax on other tobacco products such as cigars
and chewing tobacco will increase from 10 per-cent
to 35 percent of the wholesale price. This tax
increase would aid in educating and encouraging
South Dakotans to avoid tobacco use.
"The purpose of the taxation proposal is to use
that extra dollar to fund programs to help people
quit or not start," said Amy Meyers, Augustana's
employee health educator.
According to a recent poll conducted by KELO-LAND
News, 65 percent of South Dakota voters
are in favor of the tax increase to benefit the to-bacco
prevention and reduction trust fund.
"Personally, I wouldn't want to pay the extra
money, but if the cost would hinder people that
See SMOKING TAX, page 11
Private college comparisons:
Augustana Wartburg
Professor $60,000 $63,500
Associate $51,200 $53,700
Professor
Assistant $43,500 $48,300
Professor
Instructor $31,100 $46,900
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THE AUGUSTANA ROR Voter's Guide
Page 12
Vol. XCV
No. 6
ESTABLISHED 1908 I SIOUX FALLS, S.D.
Seminary relocation
creates new resources
By Brian Boyenga
Mirror Guest Writer
The North American Baptist
Seminary's relocation to Summit
Avenue across from Augustana
College will mean a short move
but a gainful new relationship
between the two institutions.
After Sioux Valley Hospital
purchased the property in June
2006 where the North American
Baptist Seminary (NABS) cur-rently
resides, the seminary be-gan
looking for a new location.
The chance to build a collabora-tion
with Augustana gave NABS
the answer it was looking for.
The seminary will move from
its current address at 1525 S.
Grange Ave. to a new building
directly across from the admin-istration
building on Summit
Avenue. Initial work for the
building project is scheduled to
begin in March 2007. The new
facility will open in June 2008 if
the project stays on schedule.
"Augie has been very welcom-ing,
hospitable and cooperative
said Ron Sisk, dean of NABS.
Sisk also said the move will be
financially beneficial for NABS,
and the number of ties with Au-gustana
that will occur will help
Ron Sisk
both institutions.
The seminary offers a train-ing
program in family counsel-ing
that could be made available
to Augustana students when the
facility opens. Augustana's Mik-kelsen
Library will also house
the seminary's expansive book
collection, enhancing theologi-cal
resources for students at both
Augustana and NABS.
Seminary students will be
able to share the Chapel of Rec-onciliation
and Augustana reg-istrar
services. Augustana has
also agreed to provide Internet
technology services for the sem-inary's
new facility.
An exchange of faculty is also
a possibility, and professor Chris
See NABS, page 11
Raising salaries priority for administration
By Kasey Wassenaar
Mirror Staff Writer
Augustana College strives to be one
of the premier church-related colleges
in America, but has some of the lowest
professor salaries in the United States.
"To be competitive in the long run,
we must solve this problem:' said Presi-dent
Rob Oliver.
Administrators at Augustana are
working toward a solution to this issue.
"Our goal is to dimension where Au-gie
is relative to the marketplace and set
goals as to where we need to be Oliver
said.
The American Association of Uni-versity
Professors (AAUP) quotes aver-age
professor salaries for every college
in the United States. According to the
AAUP, an Augustana professor makes
$60,000 a year, an associate professor
makes $51,200, an assistant professor
earns $43,500 and an instructor makes
$31,100 a year.
"We think it will become increasingly
more difficult to maintain the high per-forming
faculty if we don't provide an
adequate compensation package said
Academic Dean Bob Kiner.
Wartburg College, a private liberal
arts college located in Waverly, Iowa,
shares a similar geographic setting and
student population as Augustana. A
professor at Wartburg will earn $63,500
a year, an associate professor makes
$53,700, an assistant professor earns
$48,300 and an instructor earns $46,900
a year. This is a difference of $3,500 for
professors, $2,500 for associate profes-sors,
$4,800 for assistant professors, and
$15,800 for instructors.
"Essentially it doesn't matter what
reference group you use, Augie's faculty
salary lags behind:' said associate_ eco-nomics
professor Brian Eggleston.
See SALARY, page 11
Library celebrates banned books
By Katie Buyck
Mirror Staff Writer
The Mikkelsen Library will
be hosting a banned books pre-view
week Nov. 6-10. This event
is being coordinated and spon-sored
by the Augustana Writer's
Guild.
The event will attempt to
raise awareness about banned
books and their implications in
society. The activities offered
will also facilitate debate about
banned books and the ramifica-tions
book banning could have
on free speech.
"As Americans and as a de-mocracy
[what we can and can-not
read] should not be censored
[just] because it causes people to
question and may cause people
to feel uncomfortable said se-nior
Jess Winter.
"It is our intellectual freedom
to read what we desire," Winter
said. "I want people to be aware
that the books that are being
challenged and the books that
are being pulled off the shelves
are the ones that need be to read
and need to be discussed. These
books are a part of the Ameri-can
canon and we should not be
afraid to challenge ourselves and
discuss the human condition."
Books that have been banned
or challenged by communities
in the United States include Of
Mice and Men by John Steinbeck,
See BOOKS, page 11 Kaeti Hinck/The Mirror
Three reasons you
should read this issue:
1 Halloween costume
ideas for everyone.
Page 5
2 Cross country grabs
NCC second and third.
Page 8
3 2006 Midterm Elec-tions
Voter's Guide.
Page 12

Kaeti Hinck/The Mirror
If Initiated Measure 2 goes into effect, smokers will be paying up for their nicotine fix.
Smokers face higher taxes
By Sara Eiesland
Mirror Guest Writer
For some Augustana students, a proposed tax
increase on tobacco products is an issue of particu-lar
importance on the ballot this November.
According to Initiated Measure 2, the taxation
on a 20-stick cigarette package will increase by
$1.00; the tax on a 25-pack will increase by $1.25.
The tax on other tobacco products such as cigars
and chewing tobacco will increase from 10 per-cent
to 35 percent of the wholesale price. This tax
increase would aid in educating and encouraging
South Dakotans to avoid tobacco use.
"The purpose of the taxation proposal is to use
that extra dollar to fund programs to help people
quit or not start," said Amy Meyers, Augustana's
employee health educator.
According to a recent poll conducted by KELO-LAND
News, 65 percent of South Dakota voters
are in favor of the tax increase to benefit the to-bacco
prevention and reduction trust fund.
"Personally, I wouldn't want to pay the extra
money, but if the cost would hinder people that
See SMOKING TAX, page 11
Private college comparisons:
Augustana Wartburg
Professor $60,000 $63,500
Associate $51,200 $53,700
Professor
Assistant $43,500 $48,300
Professor
Instructor $31,100 $46,900
sday
ber 26, 2006
* ****; -...;„
*** *°( , *: ** -: :
4 '1 1'411614W1,181111Nweastlfwv
"1460411n04$61,Wet tee ,;
• .60r3t,
THE AUGUSTANA ROR Voter's Guide
Page 12
Vol. XCV
No. 6
ESTABLISHED 1908 I SIOUX FALLS, S.D.
Seminary relocation
creates new resources
By Brian Boyenga
Mirror Guest Writer
The North American Baptist
Seminary's relocation to Summit
Avenue across from Augustana
College will mean a short move
but a gainful new relationship
between the two institutions.
After Sioux Valley Hospital
purchased the property in June
2006 where the North American
Baptist Seminary (NABS) cur-rently
resides, the seminary be-gan
looking for a new location.
The chance to build a collabora-tion
with Augustana gave NABS
the answer it was looking for.
The seminary will move from
its current address at 1525 S.
Grange Ave. to a new building
directly across from the admin-istration
building on Summit
Avenue. Initial work for the
building project is scheduled to
begin in March 2007. The new
facility will open in June 2008 if
the project stays on schedule.
"Augie has been very welcom-ing,
hospitable and cooperative
said Ron Sisk, dean of NABS.
Sisk also said the move will be
financially beneficial for NABS,
and the number of ties with Au-gustana
that will occur will help
Ron Sisk
both institutions.
The seminary offers a train-ing
program in family counsel-ing
that could be made available
to Augustana students when the
facility opens. Augustana's Mik-kelsen
Library will also house
the seminary's expansive book
collection, enhancing theologi-cal
resources for students at both
Augustana and NABS.
Seminary students will be
able to share the Chapel of Rec-onciliation
and Augustana reg-istrar
services. Augustana has
also agreed to provide Internet
technology services for the sem-inary's
new facility.
An exchange of faculty is also
a possibility, and professor Chris
See NABS, page 11
Raising salaries priority for administration
By Kasey Wassenaar
Mirror Staff Writer
Augustana College strives to be one
of the premier church-related colleges
in America, but has some of the lowest
professor salaries in the United States.
"To be competitive in the long run,
we must solve this problem:' said Presi-dent
Rob Oliver.
Administrators at Augustana are
working toward a solution to this issue.
"Our goal is to dimension where Au-gie
is relative to the marketplace and set
goals as to where we need to be Oliver
said.
The American Association of Uni-versity
Professors (AAUP) quotes aver-age
professor salaries for every college
in the United States. According to the
AAUP, an Augustana professor makes
$60,000 a year, an associate professor
makes $51,200, an assistant professor
earns $43,500 and an instructor makes
$31,100 a year.
"We think it will become increasingly
more difficult to maintain the high per-forming
faculty if we don't provide an
adequate compensation package said
Academic Dean Bob Kiner.
Wartburg College, a private liberal
arts college located in Waverly, Iowa,
shares a similar geographic setting and
student population as Augustana. A
professor at Wartburg will earn $63,500
a year, an associate professor makes
$53,700, an assistant professor earns
$48,300 and an instructor earns $46,900
a year. This is a difference of $3,500 for
professors, $2,500 for associate profes-sors,
$4,800 for assistant professors, and
$15,800 for instructors.
"Essentially it doesn't matter what
reference group you use, Augie's faculty
salary lags behind:' said associate_ eco-nomics
professor Brian Eggleston.
See SALARY, page 11
Library celebrates banned books
By Katie Buyck
Mirror Staff Writer
The Mikkelsen Library will
be hosting a banned books pre-view
week Nov. 6-10. This event
is being coordinated and spon-sored
by the Augustana Writer's
Guild.
The event will attempt to
raise awareness about banned
books and their implications in
society. The activities offered
will also facilitate debate about
banned books and the ramifica-tions
book banning could have
on free speech.
"As Americans and as a de-mocracy
[what we can and can-not
read] should not be censored
[just] because it causes people to
question and may cause people
to feel uncomfortable said se-nior
Jess Winter.
"It is our intellectual freedom
to read what we desire," Winter
said. "I want people to be aware
that the books that are being
challenged and the books that
are being pulled off the shelves
are the ones that need be to read
and need to be discussed. These
books are a part of the Ameri-can
canon and we should not be
afraid to challenge ourselves and
discuss the human condition."
Books that have been banned
or challenged by communities
in the United States include Of
Mice and Men by John Steinbeck,
See BOOKS, page 11 Kaeti Hinck/The Mirror
Three reasons you
should read this issue:
1 Halloween costume
ideas for everyone.
Page 5
2 Cross country grabs
NCC second and third.
Page 8
3 2006 Midterm Elec-tions
Voter's Guide.
Page 12